{"id":2252,"date":"2013-01-10T07:05:56","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T14:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/?p=2252"},"modified":"2013-03-26T14:27:03","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T21:27:03","slug":"why-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/2013\/01\/why-write\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Write?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2253\" style=\"width: 284px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2013\/01\/comic_whywrite_britishcouncil.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2253\" title=\"comic_whywrite_britishcouncil\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2013\/01\/comic_whywrite_britishcouncil.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2013\/01\/comic_whywrite_britishcouncil.jpg 284w, https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2013\/01\/comic_whywrite_britishcouncil-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Made with: http:\/\/learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org\/en\/make-your-own\/comic-strip-maker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sometimes a picture says it all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>While using <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/software\/comic-life\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ComicLife<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong> is a powerful tool to create comics, sometimes what&#8217;s required is a tool that has its own built in media library. \u00a0There are many out on the web to choose. \u00a0The one above is from <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org\/en\/make-your-own\/comic-strip-maker\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">LearnEnglishKids<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong> by the British Council. A range of panels, backgrounds, characters and bubbles are provided for you to select. \u00a0No registration is needed. More importantly, there is a download feature that allows you to publish anywhere or just print it. \u00a0 Another site that you may try is <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.makebeliefscomix.com\/Comix\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">MakeBeliefsComix<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>, which has similar features.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">How would I use it?<\/span><\/strong> Try activities with a sequence; writing lesson on speaking and &#8220;thinking in head&#8221; using bubbles; post (fiction\/non-fiction) reading build a summary or theme; science experiment sequence; 3-panel beginning-middle-end of story; newspaper editors column; reflection piece.<\/p>\n<p>We would love to hear how you&#8217;re using comic strips. Please drop us a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes a picture says it all&#8230; While using ComicLife is a powerful tool to create comics, sometimes what&#8217;s required is a tool that has its own built in media library. \u00a0There are many out on the web to choose. \u00a0The one above is from LearnEnglishKids by the British Council. A range of panels, backgrounds, characters&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4642,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,21,6,111,100,120,17,20],"tags":[25,28,37,50,77],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4642"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2252"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2266,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252\/revisions\/2266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}